Method for producing working fluids for motors.



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HRAWL METHOD POR PRODUCING WEUHN@ TLUIDS POE MO'FGRE,

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Be it known that L Ututo Kleine, o, citi-- non of the United States?, residing in the borough of lif'iunliuttuii, in tlie city, munity', und, Stute of New York, have invented eettnin new and useful ln'poneinente in lllethode ttor Producing llifoilfzi llulde toi? llfloftom, of 'which the io'llouf'i, g spetti. titration, reference lining luid to the ncconii pzinjving drawings.

This invention relates to inipiofef'enients in methode of producing Woiliinglluide tei? motore; und un, objeetzoit this liiweiitieu is to provide u lnetlioiil of the eliurmter-just n'ientio-ned which "will be simple und vetlicient in pr-notice. l ,l

ln the drawing@ illustrating t-lie principle of this invention and tlie liest, inode now known to nie of ejpplyi` Figure l ie e central lungi" t-lii'ougg'li any new nppnintue; n notation on the line @WQ 'oli lign l.,

The, well o oi the casing; is nlnuet entirely liollou' und the annuler speee n lietu'een the inside und tle outeitle ot tliis hollow well is connected by the Weten-Hunpl), pipe al with n souifee of weiter euluilju of any suit-able diameter, the 'Weten being forced in under pressure. The well o, incluses .or euiii'ounde` tlie eomluietion cliuinbei' Ne' v the inlet. end of tlie combustion elioinbei' there ie mounted in the Well e` :in igniter g of any suitable description. To the Well e of the casing; near the inlet end oit the combustion chamber e 'there is fastened, by the Screw ring 7i, tl'ieeueing et u, iu'elaleed ing` device j. To the @number Within the easing z' nii is led undei' pieseuie liv Athe pipe. m. 'Within 'the elnunbei' there is mounted n` elinmbered Spinying device o1.' utoniizei nozzle n; and mithin the latter there is mounted u fuel-nozzle o, in which is u needle vulve g2. ln the lower part of the casing z' there is toi-ined a eliajniber q into which liquid fuel is orcedloy tlie pump plunger i" of the pump Bet-Ween the liend s of the plunget' r and tliie pump eylindei' fr 'there is mounted a. coil spring t. 'll'ie liquid fuel is drawn by the pump i' linnn the o-iltzinl (not shown) through the fuel-inlet pipe u and past the loull. cheek-w Valve w .sull-ristoranti. by the pump met,

in" .li ieifin i is Simi i j inge? n" Y led liv e. coil pti l le outlet iji'oin the jbuinp m non rolled Toy'. the 'nell elieelevelve 3? u'liieli is: i iinalljf held on its sent luf 'the Coil sp1-ine' Il Compressed z'iii euteiinsz" tliiougli pine m will iumninlljy lleuf tlnougg'lil'lie openi n into the e en'iizei n und :t'i'oni tflie i" tln'eiugli "l klieiwtl passage n to tlie :t'uel z'eeeiwoii gf, eiein it will*ofnietl :i pressure unen out. et 'lzlie liquid linen l'lllie :lie nii iueliee out oi :lie atom-- mer-nomzle in ipieseui'e will, due to tulio .finition n produced.) torce the luifuid fuel u jn the fuel @osseux-i 5 into the fuel-nozzle o und peet the needle vulve y) out into tlie eton'iizei in wlleie it will :nix pipe m, This mix Nil lie sprayed from the utounzei n nf o tile inlet end oit' the coniliuetlon nlieinbei 'cg Wlieie it Will be ed l f tn-e igniteif (j. By.manipulating' nlug o, tlie How olf nii tliiougli ni* p' ugo In? and tnfoinzli the dominent male 'n muy lie controlled no volume of nii" 'ufliieli iis fed Cli reet. to eoniiiuetion eliuinliei* c throng-gli tlie annuler punt-nge nx :and the vol unie oi' which plissee through the opening n to nt-oinize-tlie fuell ilu tneuppei ond of the causing o there ie mounted the seeing 6 off' the etenin generelingwzind-euneirlieeting elnnnliei' l'. lllie top ol3 Elie easing l) is; eloeefl by grating or foinniinnted plete 8 i nell furnis puit oli' the bottom ot' tlie @using 6 :nieu t'liei'eiue9 of the generating chamber 7. The cueing 6 is foinoed u'itli en opening' 9 which is noi'- lnully cloeefl by the hundhole eovei' l0. The elninibei contains enuill pieces ll of any Suitnble material und these pieces are of suoli Size es to Otley alnige heating Surface und et tlie saine time not so small es to impede unduly the passage of the tlnid tlii'ougli the eheinbei'. l have found that u in "nl eliuin having Small linie ll is Well .utlujnted toi" the punizione. The outlet,- en of the chamber 7 is provided with a foramiria-ted diaphragm 8', which closes that end of the chamber against any danger of the ohains being drawn therefrom. As will be miderstood from an inspection of Fig. 1, 'the diaphragm-8 prevents the chains falling out of the casing G at that point.

The length of the combustion chamber c is Sufliciently great to insure the complete combustion of the liquid fuel, and the products of combustion on leaving the combus- `tion chamber are at a high temperature. These highly-heated products liow pasti-he cup-'like valve 12 which closes the outlet end of. the combustion chamber and, as a result, the valve 12 tends to become very highly hea-ted.` To keep the valve 12 comparatively cool, the following arrangement of parts `is provided and is an important featlre, 'of Ithis invention: water-jacket c is open at its top, which lies above the vvalve 12. That portion 8 of the diaphragm 8 which lies directly above the water-jacket c is imperforate. The flow of Vwaterin the water-supply pipe ci is so regulated thatv there will be a constant overflow of water' .from the open upper end of the water-jacket :0. Some of the water which overflows from the latter will fall into the cup-like valve and will maintain the same in a cool condition, despite the extremely high temperature of the gases'issuing from the combustion chamber c. Part of the water which splashes upwardly from the open top of the water-jacket. c will strike against the imperforate portion of the dia"- phragmA 8 and will be deflected downwardly into the cup-like valve. The upward movementof the latter is limited by a finger 13 which extends downwardly from the diaphragm 8.

'The highly-heated products of combustion `rlowing past 'the valve 12 from the combustion chamber e will mix with the steam and water iiowing from the oper top ofthe 'water-jacket c; and this mixture of gas, steam and water will pass through the fora-minated part of the diaphragm 8 into the steamgenerating' and superheating chamber 7. The dimensions and arrangement of the latter are such that the water and steam will be transformed into steam gas, while the products of combustion will be cooled, so'that the mixture of these products and the steam gas which flows from the chamber 7 through the pipe 14 to the motor and `which is designed to serve as a working fluid for the same will be at a' temperature 'so low that no injurw7 will be done to the working parts of the motor with which the mixture comes into contact and the use of water-jackets may be dispensed with. The working fluid will, nevertheless, be of a sutliciently high temperature to insure the motors working at high efficiency.

The annular The chain-links 11 break up and retard the stream of water, steam and highly-heated gases flowing into the chamber 7 through the diaphragm. S. These chain links 11, moreover, absorb heat from the 4highlyheated gases and then give it up again to the water and steam, transforming thesame into steam gas and bringing the whole mixture to the proper temperature for efficient working in the motor to which it is supplied through the pipe lf-l.

The pressure of the spring l on the ball valve 3 is of such degree that the ball valve 3 will not be raised by the pressure of the compressed air. However, should any liquid fuel overlow from the oil-reservoir g,

it will be drawn past the ball check-valve fw, and after a suiiicient quantity hasv accumulated in the pump cylinder it will, since it is practically incompressible, be forced past the spring-pressed ball-valve 3 and will 'flow back to the oil-tank (not shown). The pump plungers 11. m are driven by the beam 15 in any suitable manner. If desired, the water-supply pipe (I may, in the case of acondensing engine, be connected with the latter and an increase of etliciency obtained by the preheating of the water supplied to the water-jacket c. A. suitable drain-pipe c is provided for combustion chamber The mode in which my new process is carried out may be briefly described as follows: Liquid fuel, such as crude oil, is drawn by the pump plunger 1" through the fuel-inlet pipe u past the ball-valve or cheek-valve w and is forced into the oil reservoir (y. From the latter the liquid fuel is forced lby airpressure through the fuel-passage 5 `inte the fuel-nozzle 0 and pasttheneedle-valve 7) out from the nozzle into vthe atomizer n. The mixture of air and fuel is sprayed from the atomizer into the combustion chamber c, where it is ignited by the igniter g. The combustion heats the pieces of refractry material 7 to an intense heat. After the refractory material has become incandescent, the fuel will ignite immediately on Contact therewith and will burn completely, whereby perfect combustion will be attained.

The electric igniter g may then be cut out and the apparatus will continue its operation. The heat generated by the combustion also raises the water in the water-jacket c to a high temperature. T he cup-likeI valve 12 is kept comparatively cool the ster which splashes over from the water-jacket c and which is caught in the cup-like valve 12. The products of combustion from the combustion chamber e mix with the water and steam from the water-jacket Q and this mixture flows through the foraminated diaphragm F53 into the steam generating-andsuperheating chamber 7. The chain links 11 in the chamber 7 serve to break up and impede the passage of the mixture of Water, steam and products of lcombustion. As hereinbefore stated, the hot gases give up some of their heat to the chain links 11 and are, therefore, cooled. The heat absorbed by the chain-links is given up byy them to the water and steam, which are thus` transformed into steam gas; and the products of combustion and the steam gas flow through the gratingl S and the pipe 14 to the motor, which may be a single-cylinder or a multic vl i n d'er motor.

lt is to be obserxf'ed that the cuplike valve 12 will act as a check-valve to prevent the back flou' of water and steam from the gencrating'aml-superhcatiiig; chamber T into the combustion chamber c. it will be understood that as, the air compressor supplying compressed ail-through the pipe m, reciprocatcs, there may be caused fluctuations in the n'cssurc in the combustion chamber (I: und. when the pressure in the latter falls below that iu the generating-and-supcrheatinnh chamber T, the valve 12 Will close and will thereby prevent this hack flow of Water and steam which would cool the combustion chamber and interfere with the combustion of the fuel. i

This application is filed as a divisional application under my pending application Serial No. (315,406, filed March 18th, 1911.

l claim:

1. A process for the production of a worlc r maintained out of Contact With the watersupply and takes up heat from the combustion products and transfers heat to the entrained particles of Water, 'whereby the latter are transformed into steam.

A process for the production of a Working Afluid consisting' of a mixture of steam and the products of combustion of a hydrocarbon, comprising preheatinp, Water by heat from the combustion products; impregnating' the combustion products with preheated ivateriand leading the Water-impregnated combustion products into Contact with the extensive surface of small bits of a suitable material. Which is maintained out of'contact Y with the Water-supply and takes up heat from the combustion products and transfers heat to the entrained particles of Water, whereby the. latter are transformed into steam.

2%. A process for the production of a Working' fluid consisting of a mixture of steam and the products of combustion of a hydro carbon, comprising' impregnating the combustion products with Water; and dividingr into numerous fine streams the stream of n'ater-impregnated combustion products by passing' the same through the interstices between small bits of a suitable material which is maintained out of contact with the Watersupply.

Signed at t-he borough of Manhattan, in the city, county and State of New York, this seventeenth day of Julie, A. D., 1912, in

the presence of the two undersigned wit' nesses.

OTT() KRAUS.

Witnesses JAMns HAMILTON, Ennis 1. lvlcCAnrI-rr. 

